Sentence examples of "fewer" in English
More tractors meant fewer horses and mules.
Davantage de tracteurs signifiait moins de chevaux et de mules.
Fewer young people know how to write in longhand.
De moins en moins de jeunes savent écrire en écriture cursive.
The doctor told me to eat fewer high-calorie snacks.
Le médecin m'a indiqué se manger moins d'en-cas hautement calorifiques.
If there weren't so many taxis, there would be fewer traffic accidents.
S'il n'y avait pas autant de taxis, il n'y aurait moins d'accidents.
My attitude to the comma is physiological; the more breath I have, the fewer commas I use.
Mon attitude vis-à-vis des virgules est physiologique ; plus j'ai de souffle, moins j'ai besoin de virgules.
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Aristote soutenait que les femmes ont moins de dents que les hommes ; bien qu'il fût marié par deux fois, il ne lui vint jamais à l'esprit de vérifier son affirmation en examinant les bouches de ses épouses.
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